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Originally Posted by ana21  I was taught it's quite rude to call anyone by their last name. Thinking that would especially apply to someone who was attempting to educate us on the niceties of how to address a President. BTW, I'll bet President Bush would be hurt to know you thought the use of his title in a sentence was redundant -- "Bush has been the President for almost 8 years, it's former President Clinton."
And yes, I did find it amusing but I'm easily entertained.  |
see, I have no problem w/ using a persons last name, and have never heard that it was rude--of course, I have been around a lot of law enforcement and US Military. It's common practice to refer to address someone w/ their last name. I rarely referred to the Sgt. and Lts. that supervised the dispatcher center as "Sgt. Smith" or "Lt. Brown". It was always "Smith, I got a call for you", "Brown, you want to take the missing vehicle call?" So, I think it really depends on your frame of reference as to whether calling someone by their last name is rude....